moot question

moot question
An abstract or academic question. A hypothetical question. 1 Am J2d Actions § 56. A question which does not rest upon existing facts or rights; a question as to which in reality there is no actual controversy existing; a question which involves no right actually asserted and contested. 5 Am J2d A & E § 762. A question not arising on the facts presented in the case, but existing only in the light of hypothetical circumstances. Associated Press v NLRB, 301 US 103, 81 L Ed 953, 57 S Ct 650. A question which has lost significance because of a change in the condition of affairs between the parties, whether before or after the commencement of the action. 1 Am J2d Actions § 56. In another sense of the term, a debatable point which has never been decided, at least not in the jurisdiction.

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